“All’s not lost - we’ve got four games left and we probably need three results from them. we’re capable of doing that. We might need two wins and a draw,” he said.

“It’s going to be a high total for staying up and a low total for getting in the Play-Offs. It’s a tough league. Barnsley go to Cardiff and draw 1-1, then they get beaten 6-0 at home.

“We won four out of five and we’re still down there, so all the results are quite incredible really.

"I don’t think anybody’s ever seen anything like this League really. Anybody who can win four games now would probably finish ninth or tenth.

"So I’ve just been talking to the players, trying to convince them, making sure that everyone’s at it and together. We all stick together and try and get the results, then we analyse what happened in June.”

Saunders has called on his players to be inspired by the task facing them.

“When it seems it’s going against you you’ve got to embrace the challenge, and we’ve got a big challenge in front of us,” he said.

“We’re capable of doing it. All’s not lost, and to be honest with you, there’s not a lot of difference between playing Hull and Huddersfield.”

Saunders is looking for Wolves to finish their chances.

“We’ve been playing well and we’ve hit Bolton at the wrong time and then lost a crunch game that could have gone our way on Saturday.

“The players have pride, they don’t want to play in League One.

“All you can do is go out and try your best. They came in and trained on Sunday, we put a line under the Huddersfield game - we went over the bits we did well and not so well.

We’ve got to show the same determination that we have been showing, but we’ve got to show some quality in front of goal and we’ve got to defend better.”

Saunders has mixed news on the injury front with Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (leg) now ruled out for between five to six months which could mean him signing a short term contract in the summer to see him through his recuperation.

David Edwards (foot) and Dave Davis (ankle) have both been ruled out for three months but George Elokobi and Bakary Sako are close to recalls.

Saunders said: “Injuries have obviously affected us. I’d just got the team playing how I wanted and then we get a host of injuries. But there’s no point crying over spilt milk, It gives people the chance to step up - ‘Wardy’ stepped into the team and got us a goal.”